by Bman | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Guitarist, bassist, and singer Jimmie Lee Robinson, active on the Chicago blues scene since the 1940s, died on Saturday, July 6th, 2002. Early this year Jimmie Lee was diagnosed with a large malignant tumor in his sinuses, which he had removed at the end of April. He...
by Bman | Apr 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Unlike many of his Chicago blues contemporaries, Jimmie Lee Robinson wasn't a Mississippi Delta emigre. The guitarist was born and raised right in the Windy City -- not far from Maxwell Street, the fabled open-air market on the near West side where the blues veritably...
by Bman | Apr 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Unlike many of his Chicago blues contemporaries, Jimmie Lee Robinson (Apr 30, 1931 in Chicago, IL - Jul 6, 2002 in Chicago, IL) wasn't a Mississippi Delta emigre. The guitarist was born and raised right in the Windy City -- not far from Maxwell Street, the fabled...
by Bman | Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jimmie Lee Robertson was part of the generation of blues performers who helped establish Maxwell Street in Chicago as a famous blues locale. He was known as "Lonesome" Jimmie Lee, or sometimes nicknamed "The Lonely Traveller". He was related to Bessie Smith on his...
